AROUND TOWN
Shut Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant which is near to two fault lines.
I am pro-nuclear except when the plant is in seismically active areas.
Diablo Canyon Power Plant is an electricity-generating nuclear power plant at Avila Beach in San Luis ... |
Annie |
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on Jul 11, 2012 at 4:31 pm by Nukes R. Expensive, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
DIANA DIAMOND'S BLOG
City’s pensions soar as 55-year-old Palo Alto employees retire
Last year the retirement formula at Palo Alto City Hall was changed. As a result of that change, a city employee retiring at 55 with 30 years service making $100,000 a year wi... |
Diana Diamond |
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on Apr 5, 2008 at 3:54 pm by Henry, a resident of the Embarcadero Oaks/Leland neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Ohlone - the big winner in the MI location problem
It looks like the staff recommends to expand Ohlone to accept the MI program in Fall 2007. This would expand size of Ohlone to over 450 and would place three new portables ... |
Bill |
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on Jan 13, 2007 at 8:40 am by Paul Losch, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Parents ask board to fix 'bifurcated' schools
In sometimes tense exchanges, parents Tuesday demanded a greater sense of urgency from the Palo Alto Board of Education on fixing what they called a "bifurcated school system ... |
Editor |
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on Feb 7, 2012 at 10:49 am by parent, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
BOOKS
Guest Opinion: 21st century libraries are good investment
In an earlier opinion piece on the November library bond, Diana Diamond argued that we should cut the proposed bond measure by as much as one-third in the hope that the lower ... |
Editor |
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on Jun 23, 2008 at 7:28 pm by libraryfan, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
SPORTS
Palo Alto boys must forfeit 11 basketball games
This is the fun part of the prep basketball season, when teams learn where and when they'll be playing in the Central Coast Section playoffs. For the Palo Alto boys, there is ... |
Editor |
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on Feb 21, 2008 at 4:54 pm by Terry, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Editorial: A growing school movement
A sympathetic but defensive school board did little Tuesday night to reassure concerned parents that they shared their alarm about an academic and achievement culture in Palo ... |
Editor |
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on Aug 5, 2011 at 10:53 pm by allison, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
New School Year--PIE support?
All,
I (and many of you) received my packets from PAUSD and Paly this week. I am filling out the forms, this sunday morning, dutifully writing the checks to Paly, PTSA, etc.... |
Leslie |
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on Aug 29, 2007 at 11:36 pm by OhlonePar, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Police continue search for suspected killer
Palo Alto police are still searching for Otto Emil Koloto, a Gilroy man suspected of shooting a man outside of City Hall in the early morning hours of July 13 during an allege... |
Editor |
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on Jul 25, 2012 at 4:13 am by Joann, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Palo Alto couple presses for 'sense of urgency' in relieving academic stress
It seemed to come like a shot from nowhere. Ken and Michele Dauber, Palo Alto parents of five, called for "new leadership" in the Palo Alto Unified School District in a guest ... |
Editor |
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on May 24, 2011 at 9:56 am by Wake up, parents, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Bill for teaching climate change passes Senate
A bill authored by state Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, to teach climate change in California schools passed the Senate Wednesday on a 26-13 vote.
Read the full story here h... |
Editor |
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on Feb 15, 2008 at 1:05 am by There ought to be a law AGAINST THIS !, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto may sue state high-speed rail authority
Palo Alto community outrage and City Council skepticism will not stop the state agency in charge of the high-speed rail project from running the line on the Caltrain corridor ... |
Editor |
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on Mar 14, 2009 at 7:57 am by Sharon, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Parents ask schools superintendent for languages
Parents and schools' Superintendent Kevin Skelly faced off at a public forum Wednesday over including foreign languages in the district's Strategic Plan.
Read the full story ... |
Editor |
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on May 7, 2008 at 9:55 pm by Parent, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Parents, school officials, exchange tense words
Frustrated parents interrupted school district officials Sunday evening in a sometimes tense discussion of the emotional well-being of Palo Alto students. Sunday's gathering, ... |
Editor |
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on Feb 25, 2011 at 6:26 pm by Bill Johnson, publisher of the Palo Alto Weekly |
AROUND TOWN
Neighbors want Facebook to be better friend
A fleet of sleek, black buses designed to cut down on the amount of traffic generated by Facebook's 1,000 employees in the Stanford Research Park has some College Terrace neig... |
Editor |
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on Oct 7, 2010 at 10:40 am by Rick, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
If Mandarin Immersion is adopted fluent Mandarin speaking children should be excluded
I am not necessarily against a Mandarin immersion program but if one is adopted children who already speak Chinese (any dialect) should be excluded.
If fluent Chinese speak... |
David |
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on Jan 4, 2007 at 11:25 pm by Bill, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Out of bounds? Drawing the line between 'motivational' and 'abusive' coaching in Palo Alto high schools -- Part 1
Some coaches generate explosions of parent and player complaints. Others inspire impassioned praise and loyalty. Sometimes it's the same coach. A special report.
Read the ... |
Editor |
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on May 23, 2010 at 8:14 pm by PA student, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Student with 3.85 GPA gets rejection letters from UCs
Hi,
My friend's daughter got 3.85 GPA, had 5 AP classes in high school, was on competitive swimming team, volunteered 100+ hours, was active in school activities, yet she g... |
Parent |
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on Jan 15, 2013 at 12:01 am by Recommendations/Opinions, a resident of another community |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
March against racial profiling planned for Sunday
A coalition of East Palo Alto groups will hold a
City Hall to City Hall march into Palo Alto Sunday to protest Palo Alto Police Chief Lynne Johnson's remarks about the depar... |
Editor |
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on Nov 10, 2008 at 1:01 am by A Noun Ea Mus, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Trees chopped before city's OK was final
Not only did the City of Palo Alto fail to communicate a plan to cut down 63 mature trees on California Avenue last week, its Public Works Department ignored a 14-day waiting ... |
Editor |
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on Nov 2, 2009 at 6:40 pm by D, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto school-bond campaign in full swing
Long before Palo Alto's school board voted in February to put a $378 million bond measure on the June 3 ballot, a small group of parents was laying groundwork to convince citi... |
Editor |
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on Apr 17, 2008 at 10:59 am by PA Dad, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Caucasian enrollment dips below 50 percent
As Palo Alto classrooms grow more racially diverse, Caucasian enrollment for the first time has dipped below 50 percent. This fall's ethnicity breakdown in the K-12 Palo Alto ... |
Editor |
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on Oct 6, 2011 at 10:39 am by HawkeyePierce, a resident of Stanford |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Train victim, 17, identified as Gunn senior
The 17-year-old girl who ended her life Tuesday night at a Caltrain crossing was identified today by friends as Sonya Raymakers, a senior at Gunn High School who had been acce... |
Editor |
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on Jun 4, 2009 at 12:10 pm by scoop, a resident of the Charleston Meadows neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
California high-speed-rail project receives Senate OK
Construction of California's controversial high-speed-rail system between San Francisco and Los Angeles is ready to launch, following a dramatic vote by the state Senate Frida... |
Editor |
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on Jul 13, 2012 at 9:22 am by Toady, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Students, parents rally against 'hate' group
More than 250 people gathered at the southeast corner of the Gunn High School campus in Palo Alto this morning in opposition to five demonstrators from the Westboro Baptist Ch... |
Editor |
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on Feb 3, 2010 at 10:13 am by gogunn, a member of the Gunn High School community |
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